This post is just a point-by-point summary of a CNN Health article called 10 Exercise Myths that Won’t Go Away. Click on the link to read the whole article. Remember, these are exercise myths, not truths: Your cardio machine is counting the calories you’re burning. Women shouldn’t lift weights because it’ll make them bulky. Heart [...]
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I just finished reading Malcolm Gladwell‘s book Outliers. I had heard so many people talk about this book, so I finally picked it up at the Dallas airport to read on my flights back to Pittsburgh. It’s a great book, and as Gladwell is apt to do, he pulls together research and ideas that make [...]
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I’m currently writing my first book. Actually, I’m mostly not writing my first book. I have three chapters written, and now I’m a little stuck in some areas. I find that there are a lot of other things to do for Gather No Moss, and justifiably so, but the rub is that those other things are [...]
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A few months ago I found out about The Art of Manliness web site and podcast. Brett and Kate McKay are the brains behind this great concept, and between them and their guest writers, they’ve got some great information. This site writes plenty about physicality (not just “fitness”), and the article The 5 Switches of [...]
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In today’s The Virginian-Pilot newspaper there is a full-page article that says that we sit for an average of 9.3 hours per day. It also says a few other things that I’ve been saying and writing about for a few years. Here are the key ones: “The human body isn’t built to sit for long [...]
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Now that Memorial Day is behind us and summer is knocking, I’d like to serve up some tips for helping your family get regular exercise over the next few months. If we’re not careful, our summer schedule will get booked solid, leaving little time for exercise. Don’t let summer become a free-for-all. Instead, make plans for [...]
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I grew up in a rural area, and cars were our main mode of transportation. Our elementary school and high school were together on one campus (do two buildings count as a “campus”?), and the school was the central point of our geographically large community. I was fortunate to live only a mile from the [...]
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Have you heard about Volkswagen’s initiative called The Fun Theory? VW describes it like this: “This site is dedicated to the thought that something as simple as fun is the easiest way to change people’s behaviour for the better.” I saw one of their experiments, Piano Staircase, posted on Facebook. They demonstrate that subway riders [...]
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Do you like going to restaurants that have huge menus? Not huge in size, but in variety. Not me. If I’m faced with too many options, it can make it more difficult for me to make decisions. I like to have a choice, but I’m happy to choose between 20 things on the menu rather [...]
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Before we jump right into active lifestyle coaching, I think it would be best to start off by stating what it is not. Active lifestyle coaching is not personal fitness training. Typically, a personal fitness trainer is someone that goes to a gym or fitness center with you and leads you through a series of [...]
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I'm a software engineer turned fitness coach. A lifelong athlete, my new mission is to help people begin and maintain physically active lifestyles. Read more...
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